Parents: Zeus and Leto God/Goddess of: The Moon, Hunt, Maidens Significant Children: had none, pledged her life to never marry Summarize an interesting story from mythology that your god is a part of: Before Artemis and her twin, Apollo, were born Hera, the wife of Zeus, forbade Leto to give birth on land. Finally she found a place she could give birth to Artemis. Unfortunately, Hera told Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to not help Leto while she was giving birth to Apollo. Eventually, some of the gods bribed Hera to letting Eileithyia help Leto. While this was happening, Artemis was playing mid-wife to her mother. After that, she was called The Protectress of Childbirth
Artemis
Parents: Zeus and Leto
God/Goddess of: The Moon, Hunt, Maidens
Significant Children: had none, pledged her life to never marry
Summarize an interesting story from mythology that your god is a part of:
Before Artemis and her twin, Apollo, were born Hera, the wife of Zeus, forbade Leto to give birth on land. Finally she found a place she could give birth to Artemis. Unfortunately, Hera told Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to not help Leto while she was giving birth to Apollo. Eventually, some of the gods bribed Hera to letting Eileithyia help Leto. While this was happening, Artemis was playing mid-wife to her mother. After that, she was called The Protectress of Childbirth
Sources:
My T-notes
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Artemis.html#Hymns
http://www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Artemis.html
http://drpsyche.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/artemis21.jpg